The Hugh Hodgson School of Music is proud to present the inaugural season of Chamber Music Athens (CMA), a new festival with a national scope that will bring together internationally acclaimed guest artists, UGA faculty, and students for ten days of chamber music festivities and performances during the weeks of May 12-21, 2019.

As the semester draws to a close, the Hugh Hodgson School of Music will hold its Spring Convocation on Thursday, May 9th at 5 pm in Hodgson Hall. The University of Georgia's convocation will be held on Friday, May 10th. Thank you to all the students, faculty, and staff for making this a great semester. Congratulations to all of the graduates! The Hodgson School wishes you all the best as you step into new roles as University of Georgia graduates.

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The Hugh Hodgson School of Music is proud to share that second-year DMA student and graduate saxophone teaching assistant Harrison Clarke has recently won a position with the U.S. Navy Band, Washington, D.C., after competing against over 70 saxophonists from across the country. Positions in premiere military bands open up only when a current member of the band retires or leaves the band, which is what makes them so competitive. The nearly 12-hour audition process included three rounds and an interview before a winner was determined. 

The final large ensemble concert will take place on Thursday, April 25that 7:30 in Hodson Hall. Audience members are in for a special showcase performed by the University of Georgia Symphony Orchestra, Hodgson Singers, Men’s and Women’s Glee Clubs, and University Chorus.

On Tuesday, April 23, the Hodgson Wind Ensemble closes its 2018-19 season with an eclectic concert, featuring European flair.

Dionysiaques opens the program.  Director of Bands Cynthia Johnston Turner says influences of French impressionism are obvious, but are soon “abandoned in favor of festivity, brimming with rhythmic vitality and a relentless insistence on partying all the way to the very of control, and perhaps a bit beyond.”

Athens, GA – Peter Jutras, Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy in the University of Georgia Hugh Hodgson School of Music, has been named director of the Hodgson School by Franklin College of Arts and Sciences dean Alan Dorsey. The appointment is effective July 1, 2019.

On Thursday, April 18, violin professor Michael Heald will bring to the stage a program that takes the audience past what one would typically expect from an English String Orchestra concert. The performance is set for 7:30 in Hodgson Hall. Professor Heald will be leading the performance as concertmaster and will be joined by several faculty guests, as well as student and alumni performers.

The UGA Symphony Orchestra will be performing an exciting program in Hodgson Hall on Tuesday, April 2nd at 7:30 pm. This concert is free!

The UGASO is directed by Mark Cedel, with student conductor Jean Gomez assisting. The orchestra will be performing pieces by Robert Schumann, George Walker, and Richard Strauss. Guest faculty artists Josh Bynum will be featured on Walker's "Concerto for Trombone and Strings."

The ARCO Chamber Orchestra presents an extraordinary performance featuring two Hugh Hodgson faculty members, Levon Ambartsumian and Evgeny Rivkin, performing concertos. The concert will take place in the Hodgson Concert Hall on Tuesday, April 9 at 7:30 p.m. and will highlight works by Mozart, Schubert, and Glinka.